From Mountain Top Emmaus, northeast Georgia and surrounding area of Tennessee and North Carolina

1. Blood drop – round red plastic crystal – like put in fishbowl, etc.

Put tie tack on back of it. Stick it through the card.

On card is printed:

"THE BLOOD COVERED IT ALL!

Try to imagine how this Miracle took place.

LOVE beyond measure, our

GOD’S AMAZING GRACE!

Sometimes when we’re weary we might stumble and fall.

But ONE DROP OF HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD covered it all.

THE BLOOD, THE BLOOD covered it all.

LOVE has no boundaries.

Sin’s debt paid in full.

JESUS knew in the beginning that man would surely fall.

I’m glad THE SAVIOR’S PRECIOUS BLOOD

covered it all!

2. Keyring made with alphabet beads. Ring, silk rainbow colored cord and alphabet beads. Loop cord over ring and back through self loop; small black pony bead, W bead, W bead, J bead, D bead; small black pony bead; red heart pony bead and small black pony bead. Then tie off cord and leave 1" tails.

3. Brown leather (cloth?) book mark shaped like feather part of arrow. (See picture.) <<<<<<

punch hold in pointed end and loop 2 dif. color lengths of skinny ribbon through. Write with gold pen on the bookmark: "Those who wait upon the Lord shall mount up with wings like eagles." Isaiah 40:31. (I like to think of the shape of this bookmark as being maybe like the tether a falconer uses.

4. Globe keychain from Oriental Trading. Attach slip of paper that says: "He’s got the whole world in His hands."

5. Small Almond Joy candy. Put on label or attach saying that says: "The JOY of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah 8:10.

6. Match box. Glue label on that says: "Let your light shine" and what verse that is.

7. Glue small spool of thread to a card. On card print or write: Jesus loves you "sew" much.

8. Plastic canvas bookmark.

9. You are a pearl of great price printed vertically on a label with some small graphics added. Stock on ribbon notched at bottom. At top of ribbon glue a clamshell with a pearl glued inside. Put a magnet piece on back of shell area.

10. Small loaf of bread – either made and shellaced or from miniature doll house supplies.

Glue onto end of slip of paper that says: Luke 24:30-31. "He took bread and blessed it ... and their eyes were opened."

11. Caramel or Bit O’ Honey glued to a card that says "How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth." Psalm 119:103

12. Small pine cone glued to an index card. "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven." Ecclesiastes xxxxxx

13. Bought gold coin with story about the widow finding the coin.

14. Easter chick. Slip of paper attached: "And the BABE CHICKS with their pio, pio, pio pi."

15. Card with "One who gives an honest answer gives a kiss on the lips." Proverbs 24:26

See picture

16. Emmanuel bookmark. See picture.

17. Community logo printed and laminated, hole punched through one end, keyring put in.

18. Wooden rooster. See picture.

19. Felt bookmark. Blue felt 1" x 7" – notched at one end. Straight at other end with slits cut and different color yarn lengths pulled through - 2 thru each hole: purple, blue; green, yellow; orange, red.

20. Mother Teresa’s business card: See picture.

The fruit of silence is PRAYER.

The fruit of prayer is FAITH.

The fruit of faith is LOVE.

The fruit of love is SERVICE.

The fruit of service is PEACE.

21. Small plastic canvas cross "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus."

FROM KWA ZULU NATAL Emmaus and Chrysalis in South Africa:

1. Doorhangers: printed on computer "resting in the Lord" Do Not

Disturb and Walk# and our group name.

2. Peg fridge magnets: clothes peg with a piece of magnet stuck on the

back, and a piece of fabric and paper with the words

P _prayer

E_ encourages

G_ growth

glued to the inside of the peg.

3. Chocolate praying hands, butterflies, fish with appropriate Bible

verses.

4. "Nutmen": a macadamia nut with a small cardboard hat and feet stuck on

and the words "be nutty about Jesus" and our group name attached to the

feet.

5. Sweets: an empty pill box / spool box with seven different colour

sweets inside with the words "Seven sweet deeds a day will keep you on the

narrow way" on a label.

6. Rock paperweights: small smooth rocks, varnished, with the words "He is

my rock" painted on one side and our group name on the other.

7. Spools: a piece of paper wound into an old spool _ "develop a good

life for the Lord"

8. Pins: A sewing pin pinned to a piece of paper with whe words "pin

your hopes on Jesus"

9. Beady Eye: a face printed onto card and two little plastic beads

stuck on the eyes with the words "keep your beady eyes on Christ"

10. Keys: Old keys with a card attached saying "Give Jesus the key to

your heart"

11. Tissues tied with bright ribbon and put into the letter bags that the

pilgrims receive

12. Dumbell: two soft centred mints on the ends of a toothpick with the

words "Be bold, be strong" on a card attached to it.

13. Motorists prayer (printed on card)

Each time I drive Lord, may I feel your hand on mine upon the wheel.

Give me a watchful eye for young and old as I drive by. Keep me from

speeding needlessly, passing earth’s beauty heedlessly. I want to use this

car for you to drive my friends with safety too. But all these things can

never be, unless, O Lord, you drive with me.

14. Prayer rock: A small stone tied into a square of bright fabric with

the following verse attached:

I am your little prayer rock, and this is what I'll do. Just put me on your

pillow until the day is through, then turn back the covers and climb into

your bed, and "whack" your little prayer rock will hit you on your head.

Then you will remember to kneel and say your prayers. Then when you are

finished just dump me on the floor, I'll stay there through the night to

give you help once more. When you get up in the morning, "clunk" I'll stub

your toe, to help you remember your morning prayers before you go. Then put

me back upon your pillow when your bed is ready made, and your clever little

prayer rock will continue in your aid.

Because your heavenly Father cares and loves you so, He wants you to

remember that you can talk to HIM anytime, all the time, all day long.

FROM DALLAS, TEXAS WALK TO EMMAUS AND CHRYSALIS

Crayons with the note "May God color your world with joy"

crowns made out of bulletin board border with "rejoice oh child of the King"

matches with "may God light the fire in your soul"

I love you sticker or button with Jer.31:3b__"I have loved you with an everlasting love"

sponge _ "soak up the word of life"

toothpick _ "remember to pick the good qualities in others" Matt 7:1

chalk _ "There are NO coincidences _ chalk it up to the Lord"

tape _ "God will help you to hold it together" and "Adhere to his teachings"

and

"STICK to the Word and ADHERE to his teachings"

water bottle _ "Rev 22:17"

candy conversation hearts, like from Valentine's day _ "Start each day in a

conversation with God"

cake sprinkles _ "rainbow seeds"

Extra gum _ "With God you get a little extra"

Tootsie roll and stone _ "Jesus is my rock and he rolls my blues away"

life saver _ "Let Jesus be your life Savior"

mini clappers for poster party

puzzle piece _ "Rom 12:5"

crayon _ "May God color your life with joy"

sunflower seeds _ "You are a seed sown by God. Grow and bloom where you are

planted"

candy _ "GRACE_ how sweet it is"

agape lanyard _ "Attach your agape treasures to this rainbow chain. May

it's colors remind you of His promise, His grace and His love."

God's Bag

1. Create a crisis (if you already have one, skip to step 2).

2. Write it down.

3. Open bag.

4. Insert crisis.

5. Close bag.

6. Let go....Let God!

WARNING: The Disciple General has determined that "taking things back"

is hazardous to your spiritual health!

Angel necklace _ "angels watching over you" _ made of a "butterfly" paper

clip, ribbon and pony bead

straw _ "be FLEXIBLE"

Paper bag to hold table agape _ "This Jesus Junkie bag belongs to: _______"

tiny clothes pin _ "holding fast to the Word of Life" Phil 2:16"

compass _ "God's direction is always true!"

party horn _ "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord"

Book mark explaining the "colors of salvation"

cross bookmark made on plastic canvas with ribbon

small colored paper clips hanging from small squares of plastic canvas with

pierced earring loops _

"hang your hope on Jesus"

small bell _ "joyful noise"

tea light candle ( also small birthday candles) _ "Let your light shine" and

" you are the light of the world"

tea bag _ "God loves you for eterniTEA"

wooden cross made of sticks, a pony bead heart _ "God's love was nailed to

the cross"

tissues _ "For when the Spirit flows and so do the tears...."

bubbles _ "bubble for joy with Jesus"

GRACE card magnet _ God's Redemption At Christ's Expense

Rooster _ made of a plastic cup with upholstery thread (cotton kind) or very

thin cotton string poked through the bottom and tied. Felt crown glue to

cover. Add eyes, beak and pipecleaner tail. Take a small 1" square of thin

sponge and tie to the end of the string. Get sponge damp, fold in half over

string close to cup. Grasp firmly and jerk down the string. This produces

a "clucking/crowing noise" _ sticker inside cup says "Jesus gives you

something to crow about!"

bath salts with "Create in me a clean heart oh God __Ps

51:10"

salt packages _ "you are the salt of the earth __ Matt 5:13"

wet wipes with "wash away all my iniquities and cleanse me from my sin. __

Ps 51:2"

gold fish crackers _ "Come follow me and I will make you fishers of men.

Matt 4:19"

trash bags for dirty laundry with "Air your dirty laundry before Christ"

Recipe for "Bible Cake"

1 cup Psalms 51:21

2 cups Jeremiah 6:20

4 Isaiah 10:14

2 TBLS 1st Samuel 14:25

1 cup Hebrews 5:12

3 1/2 cups Exodus 29:2

2 TBLS Leviticus 23:17

1/2 tspn Leviticus 2:13

1 cup Nahum 3:12, chopped

1 1/2 cups Numbers 17:8, chopped

The last two ingredients may be substituted for your favorites. Cream

and mix cake in usual manner. Bake in large bundt pan for at 325 or in two

mini bundts for 40 mins at 350 or two large loaf pans for 40 mins at

350 __or until done. Cool 10 mins before removing. Freezes well.

FROM FOURTH DAY FRIENDS REUNION GROUP

(From Golden Spread, Rushing Wind, and Hearts Afire Communities)

OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

Hello! Here are a few agape ideas that my Fourth Day Friends reunion group makes for various

Emmaus Walks in the Texas Panhandle.

_Use crazy straws (the plastic kind that twist and swirl) and attach John 7:37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice,"If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink." (you can also use regular drinking straws)

_Use dryer sheets (Bounce) and attach a message that reads "Cling to Jesus"

FROM: share_gods_love@hotmail.com

1. A pencil with the following quote attached to it, "Be a pencil in God’s

hand and let Him write the book." Mother Teresa

2. A word search puzzle with all of the candidates and team member’s names.

3. "Don’t let the things of this world burst your bubble," attached to a

piece of bubble gum.

4. "God is always with you," attached to a hand made cross key chain.

5. A necklace with a foam heart and foam butterfly with the flight number

written on the butterfly.

6. "God Loves You a Bunch," in a baggie of jellybeans.

7. "Give all the PIECES of your life to God," in a baggie of Reese’s Pieces.

8. "May you spread your wings and fly sharing the love of Jesus," attached to

testamint.

9. "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord," attached to a toy kazoo.

10. Ziploc Agape bags decorated with stickers to keep all the pieced of agape

in.

11. "May you MAGNIFY to LORD," attached to a small plastic magnifying glass.

12. "Jesus! The one mint for you," attached to a peppermint.

13. By their fruits you will know them." Matthew 7:16 attached to a jolly

rancher.

14. Don’t "BLOW" it, "CHEWS" JESUS! Attached to a piece of bubble gum.

15. "Jesus is the key to your heart," attached to a cross key chain.

16. "He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." Matthew 3:11,

attached to a Fire Ball candy.

17. "Don’t be a Nerd, spread the WORD!" Attached to a small box of Nerd candy.

18. "Don’t let Satan burst your bubble," attached to a small container of

bubbles.

19. "Let Jesus ROLL away the stone from your heart, as the stone was rolled

away from the tomb," attached to a Tootsie Roll pop.

20. "Jesus love you NOW and LATER," attached to a piece of Now and Later

candy.

21. "You are such a SMARTIE for seeking God," attached to a roll of Smarties

candy.

22. A fake pearl on a safety pin with the following attached. YOU ARE A

PEARL! A Person Eternally Altered (by God’s) Redeeming Love. You are

special and unique and HE loves you because HE made you in HIS image. Like

the oyster makes the pearl, each one priceless but different, you too are a

priceless treasure bought at a great price by GOD with HIS life. Remember

HE made you and HE loves you forever.

23. Safety Kit #1: comic strip = to remind you to laugh, Hershey Hug = to

remind you to hug someone, an eraser = to remind you that everyone makes

mistakes, and that’s ok, a tissue = to remind you to dry someone’s tears, a

coin = to remind you that you can never say you are broke, marble = to

remind you in case someone says you have lost yours, band_aid = to remind

you to heal hurt feelings_yours or others, a cross = to remind you that

Jesus loves you, scripture = to remind you to feed your spiritual soul.

24. Emergency Kit (for pain, trauma, or disaster) Q_tip = to open your ears to

hear God’s voice, candle = to light your way, Band_aid = to help those hurt

feelings…yours and someone else’s, toothpick = to pick your brain for

innovative ideas, rubber band = to remind you to hold someone close, heart =

to bring gentle comfort, Kleenex = to remind you that love is contagious,

life buoy (life saver candy) = to rescue someone adrift, Hershey Hug – to

let you know that you are loved.

25. The Jelly Bean prayer. In a baggie put the following color of jelly beans

(2 each), red, green, yellow, orange, black, white, purple, pink. Attach

the following poem. Red is for the blood He gave. Green is for the grass

He made. Yellow is for the sun so bright. Orange is for the edge of night.

Black is for the sins we made. White is for the grace He gave. Purple is

for His hour of sorrow. Pink is for our new tomorrow. A bag full of jelly

beans colorful and sweet. Is a prayer, is a promise, and is a special

treat.

26. An invitation to join a free weekly devotional. Written on an index card

decorated with stickers: Keep connected to Christ! Join a free weekly

e_mail devotional. Send your name and e_mail address to

share_gods_love@hotmail.com (yeah, a spoof for my weekly devotional I

created.)

From:

Robin Sculthorpe

De Colores from the Richmond, Va Emmaus Community!

Melt and pour soaps

Melt and pour glycerin soaps _ can buy heart shaped latex molds, glycerin melt and pour soap and

fragrance or essential oils from:

http://www.brambleberry.com/kits.html also, many other websites (do search on melt and pour soap) _ very

easy to make, little time and expense ( a pound of soap costs approximately 2.50 or less if you buy in very

large bulk quantities and can make a lot of soaps depending on the size of the mold)

If adding fragrance or essential oil, use the following verse: " . . . and live a life of love, just as Christ loved

us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God" Ephesians 5:2

Also, can buy business card sized_soap molds from:

http://www.northcountrymercantile.com/

Can print verse on business cards with a computer printer and the cards fit in the top of the soap. I buy

business cards that have a rainbow preprinted on them.

North Country also has very thin molds with hands folded in prayer (for just a sliver of soap).

Note: some of these molds are candy molds, but they work well for soap. Or you could do

chocolate_molded candies for agape as well.

REALLY cute idea I saw recently. A LEGO block glued on cardstock paper. It said LEGO and let God!

Real economical for moms & dads whose kids have outgrown playing with them. Also saw something cute with puzzle pieces. Saying was something about being just a piece of His puzzle, a part of His plan, part of the Church, part of the community etc.

I am looking for something to go with Ps. 28:7 - The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.

Another verse I'd like to use is Psalm 31:5. "Into His hands..."

DeColores!

Lora Ross

Subject: Agape Shopping

From: John or Shirley Lowe <jwlsll@atmc.net>

Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 06:26:43 _0500

Greetings All,

I found an interesting web site as I was searching for different places to

purchase agape items.

http://www.christiandollarstore.com

And they do have some bargains.

Would you care to share any interesting sites you've found?

God's peace,

John

Cape Fear WTE 53B, table of Paul

DeColores Card sites – if you want to send something by email on Fourth Days:

http://www.you2web.com/decolores/epostcard.asp

Check out these websites that Gita sent me the other day. She sent links to a bunch of things __ baby jar poupourri (sp?), baby jar animals (cute babe chick is one of them); safety pins with beads on them ___ safety pin with safetypins with beads on them hanging __ rainbow one, heart one, butterfly ones. And some other things.

I noticed something about shrinkles (or shrinky dinks) and am in the process of thinking about those/researhcing. Think sheets can be bought that can run thru color printer, print picture on (like a rooster), then cut it out and shrink it and put a jewelry pin on the back. So I shall proceed to looking for possible pics to use.

sites:

www.makingfriends.com

www.freekidscrafts.com

In response to my request for GRACE (God’s Riches at Christ’s Expense) received these ideas. It was mentioned in a Journey talk, so we were looking for some agape to go with it.

From Sue: Grace Bookmarks. God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense words on front with G, R, A, C, E in a standout color. Made by Sue Jones. Poem by her on back.

From Mike J. (MJQuartet@aol.com): Grace magnets. Square of paper with rainbow and GRACE God’s Riches at Christ’s Expense on it. Laminated and magnet piece on back. Print sheet, color copy, laminate, cut apart, and put magnet piece on back.

From Deb (qofe@quixnet.net): A money bag (made from inexpensive material with a drawstring), play money coins (chocolate maybe), poker chips with a message, a coin purse (old fashioned squeeze open kind), nails (to remind us of Christ’s expense), an expense account bookmark (with message).

From Rhonda (kc10@nightly.com) : GRACE in WordArt rainbow colors on a business card with "God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense" typed under it, laminated, and a magnet put on back.

From : A check (or a bookmark made to look like a check) with that wording in appropriate places. Make into a bookmark and laminate.

From Pamela Lea (termite601@aol.com) in Florida: